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G. W. GOAD, S1'.

GRAVBL POUNTAINSPRING.

N0. 385,349. Patented July 3; 1888.

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GEORGE WASHINGTON GOAD, SR., OF ARAL, VIRGINIA.

GRAVEL-FOUNTAIN SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part o! Letters Patent No. 385,349, dated July 3,1888.

Application niet oaober 1, 18er. serial No. 251,207. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE VASHINGTON GOAD, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Aral, in the county of Carroll and Stateof Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aGravel-Fountain Spring, ot' which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in tilters, and its objects are,first, to purify natural sources of water with substantially naturalagencies; second, to reclaim polluted springs or wells by similar means;and, third, to effect these purposes with an economical, simple, anddurable structure. I attain these ends by the apparatus illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top plan viewof my filter. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line y y of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the line xxof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aplan l View of the same,with the coverOremoved; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the filter, with the cover O and lid Jremoved to show the in terior arrangements.

The same designations indicate corresponding parts in the views.

From a sanitary standpoint the purity of a water-source is a factoryielding to noV other in importance as regards prophylactic andtherapentic power. The causes tending to contaminate and impregnate ourwater-courses are so various that it is supererogatory to enumeratethem. Sporcs and germs of diseases are often suspended in the water, andanimalculae of dangerous character frequently utilize the springs andwells as habitats. It is not uncommon, also, that .sewage leaks into thesprings or sinks to the waterbearing strata, so as to charge the same.As far, therefore, as an invention will tend to neutralize or nulliiythese dangerous incidents of our aqueous supply, it will proportionatelyassist the human family to health and longevity. This is the aim of myinvention.

The angular upright walls F, supported by struts F, abut against thesides of the Well or spring. The frame A, held in place by the struts F,serves as one of the walls oi the box J', provided with a suitablecover, J, to keep dust from blowing therein, and ordinarily partiallyIilled with gravel and hard silicious rock, N, with or without otherfiltering media. The other walls of this box are formed by the uprightsG K and the cross-bar B is the upper wall of the storage-reservoir F,the other walls being formed by the box O (which can ordinarily bedispensed with) and the upright walls F F G.

L are indentations in the sliding lid J to fa cilitate its operation. Y

My filter is usually built up of marble slabs or of molded earthsustained by Wooden partitions, or both; but, of whatever material constructed theshape is uniformly that shown in the drawings.

The water falls through the top O, normally open, 0r it enters at thebase through the aperture M', or both. Thence it percolates through thehard broken rock and gravel, N, in the reservoir F and passes throughthe perforation M to the accumulating-trough J', whence it is dipped outor overiiows through the channel I. When the lid J is wholly orpartially removed, the water from the perforation H also falls int-o thetrough J.

The materials, N, are periodically cleansed by washing and drying andare then replaced.

Having thus fully described my improvements, what I claim is- The filterherein described, consisting of the upright frames A F F' K, which areinserted in a spring or well and form containing-walls for the filteringmedia, N, in combination with the communicating reservoirs F J', formedby the said upright walls and cross-pieces B E, the' hinged top C, andthe aperture M', the base O, and the wall G, having apertures H M, forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WASHINGTON GOAD, SR.

Vitnesses:

WILLIAM A. HUEsr, STEPHEN M. LrNDsEY.

